Kagome: Okay. I can't remember what I intended to do with Knux and Rouge, so if the KnuxRouge sucks in this chappie, gomen…In case you don't reread the story or you didn't notice, I edited some of the stuff. Okay, most of it. Everything but 'hell'. And I fixed calling Amy a cat. So, I have to make this KnuxRouge off the top of my head. And I have a new Sonic fic idea. I wanna ask for a second opinion. I know there are a lot of school stories out there, so it doesn't seem that original, but…Sonic and the others are students at Pollmann Middle School (I came up with the name from my piano just seconds ago. The brand name was Schulze Pollmann). Not any more details at the moment, other than it's a KnuxRouge one. Expect lots of school dances, an insane health teacher named Mr. Peepers (based on my healt teacher…), annoyingly short lunch periods, Chris being the school looser, and an evil principle named Ivon Robotnik (wonder where that last part came from…) Now on with chappie 2. Only two more to go counting this one.
metaldragon75767: Emerald go smashie! Yay! Well, the reason chris is captured so much is because the show needed another damsel. Lol. Didn't think of the gloves.
terrgirl57(ch 19): Yeah, they're short, but updated quickly. KnuxRouge in this chappie. 'Kay.
terragirl57 (ch 20): But cliffies are fun tourtures…
terragirl57 (ch 21): Men are all losers like that. Give Knuckles credit, he's slow. Of course Rouge is better; she's the only one who will actually listen to him. I really feel like being mean to Knux today. Oh well. And she's ALIVE, and has a LIFE OF HER OWN!
Bluerocker115: Strawberry's better!
Midnight Turquoise: So that's what Mobius is. Thanks. Why can't I eat the kumquat minions? Not that I did or anything. :whipes kumquat from mouth: I bought it at the grocery store:nervously shifts eyes: I was gonna do more Chris bashing, but my friends came over and we headed up to the library. If I hadn't ended it then, you would still be waiting to read it (note: When I say that, I mean as of right this second that I'm typing it. Not as in the second your reading this.) They practically pulled me out of my computer seat.
ShadowIsCool: Just like at school! Wait…I'm the one picked on at school… :stare: One more thing I'm NOT looking forward to…I had to tape the last Sonic episode that went off of SA2, and when I was at the park with my friend before I got to watch it, I asked her what happened and she said Shadow was bad and beat up Chris and I was just like 'GO SHADOW! FINALLY SOMEONE BEAT HIM UP! HE WAS SO GAY!' and then we got weird looks…If anyone was stupider or annoying, they'd be this kid I know (unfortunately) name Jeffery. He's my friend's (same one as I just mentioned) brother and if you tag him in tag, he cries. Other than him, no one is as bad as Chris. Seriously, what person captured by Eggman would actually steal the chaos emeralds powering the thingy…that egghead was in…:sweat: He could easily get them back! Did you say Chris mine? NO! I AM DETICATED TO ED ELRIC, THE HUMAN FORM OF KURAMA, AND SHADOW! Wait…if Chris is mine I can tourture him…right…? Okay, I'll need ropes, knives, and barney music…
Disclaimer: I don't own the Sonic copyright. Heck, I don't even have enough money to buy Shadow the Hedgehog for GC, let alone enough to bribe Sega into handing me the copyright. And I don't own anything you can find on Adult Swim except the first season of Inuyasha.
Rouge sighed as she flipped to Cartoon Network. Can't go wrong with Adult Swim. She thought. Futurama was just coming on, too. Who could ever get tired of Bender or Fry? Knuckles walked in, much to Rouge's disliking.
"Suddenly, this episode seems boring." Rouge got off the couch.
"But, the main theme just started." Knuckles looked at the TV. "You don't even know what the episode's about."
"You should have been named Knucklehead, not Knuckles." Rouge walked off.
"Rouge, why can't you understand! I don't want to hurt you in anyway! I just…"
"Just what!" Rouge snapped at him.
"Nothing." Knuckles shook his head.
"Then I'm going to bed!" Rouge turned around.
"It's only 11:30…" Knuckles looked at the clock. "Don't you usually stay up till, like, three?"
"What of it. I can't go to bed early for once?" Rouge stomped upstairs.
Meanwhile, Shadow had heard the whole thing from the kitchen. Now, he walked up to Knuckles.
"Man have you ticked off batgirl, echidna." He smirked. "What you do this time?"
Shadow received a glare, followed by a punch to the face by Knuckles.
"Calm down." Shadow rubbed nose where it had been hit. "Don't take your dead love life out on me." (Kagome: Wow, is shadow being mean or what?)
"It's not dead!"
Shadow simply rolled his eyes. "I'm going to bed now." Suddenly shadow remembered something. I have to see what batgirl's planning to do to Knux for me…
Heading for his room, Shadow heard sobs. He simply shrugged it off…until he realized they were from Rouge's room. First off…Shadow thought. The hole still has to be filled, meaning her whining will keep me up. Second, this could get interesting…So, Shadow went to comfort Rouge.
"Hey, batgirl, what's wrong?" Shadow walked up to her. Shaking her head, Rouge answered, "Nothing…"
Knuckles doesn't want me. She kept repeating to herself over and over. He cares more about the frigging emerald of his! To him, I'm probably no good.
"Knuckles's punch to my nose says otherwise…"
"He punched you!" Rouge exclaimed.
"So, what happened between you two?" Shadow asked.
"Like I said, nothing."
"If nothing happened," Shadow sighed. "Then stop crying so I can get some sleep."
Gee. Isn't Shadow sweet….He's honest. We have to give him that much…
Getting up to go to his room, Shadow remembered to ask Rouge.
"Batgirl, what do you plan on doing to echidna?"
"But Shadow. That's would make him unhappy." The bat said slyly.
"Exactly. That's that point."
"And isn't your promise to Maria to give people of Earth a chance at happiness…"
"Talking echidnas from Mobius don't count."
"But, technically he's a person of earth," Rouge continued. "So, if I help you with payback, you're defying Maria."
"I hate you so much right now, batgirl…" Shadow glared. "I don't think Maria could blame me if I killed you."
"Please Shadow…" The voice of Ms. Lion's mane herself echoed through his mind. "Give them a chance to be happy."
Damn…Shadow thought. She hasn't had a chance to be happy since she lost her memories…Maria wouldn't want me to hurt her…seriously hurt her…If only she really wanted revenge…
"You're lucky that Maria wouldn't want me to hurt you…"
"Does she care or not?" Rouge pretended to be confused.
"She would…but I don't. Sort out your own problems with echidna." Shadow replied. "I'm not getting involved from this point on."
As the Shadow Rouge (cough, cough) moment was going on, lets just say Knuckles wasn't watching Futurama.
Maybe I should…Maybe Rouge is right about it…She is the one of the only ones who ever…It couldn't be too hard…Not to mention I hate seeing her like this. And Shadow, god, unless I do, he will never leave me alone. I mean, there's no problem with how she'll react…The only problem is…Of course, if I do, I'll never hear the end of it from everyone else in this house. I wonder how long Chris is gonna cry in his room. Not like I care…
(Kagome: Wow, the last few thoughts showed how short the attention span of Knuckles is, didn't it?)
The next day, Rouge was a slight bit calmer. But Amy wasn't. She was still pretty ticked off at Sonic for standing her up. The black fellow hedgehog loved the entertainment and Chris was still crying in his room, sucking his thumb. Rich kids are always either spoiled or gay.
"Hey, Rouge…" Knuckles asked, uh, Rouge, after breakfast.
"What now, Knucklehead!"
"Can I talk to you…?"
"I'm listening…"
'Do you want to, you know, try a relationship?"
Images suddenly flashed through Rouge's mind, refusing to give her a moment to be happy that Knuckles would finally agree to be her boyfriend.
She was chasing some shadowed figure on a building.
"You have connections to Mobius…"
Bam!
Then a fall.
As she woke up, Rouge wondered what was going on. Who she was. Everything. She staggered around the city for a few days, unknowing what to do until Knuckles found her…
"Rouge!" A concerned Knuckles asked. "Are you okay?" Maybe she doesn't want to…I mean, who could blame her after I put the Master Emerald before her…
That was…those glimpses were…And that guy…he was Hariku…Rouge thought to herself, almost crying.
"Rouge!" Knuckles yelled. "Are you okay."
"Wha…" Rouge snapped back into reality.
"You okay?" Knuckles whipped her tears away. "It's too late, isn't it?"
"I need to be alone!" Rouge ran up to her room.
At this point, Shadow walked up.
"I know I said to batgirl I'm done interfering," He said. "But what'd you do this time?"
"Can it!" Knuckles ran up after Rouge. Running at full speed, he had almost caught up to her, but she reached her door before he had a chance to grab her hand and stop her. 1
SLAM!
Knuckles sighed and then came up with an idea; the hole in the wall. Walking to Shadow's room, he found himself stopped by the hedgehog's look-a-like, Sonic.
"Hey, Knuckles…" He said.
"WHAT!" the short-tempered echidna responded.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Sonic explained.
"You're right." Knuckles sighed. "She wants to be alone."
"Well that, too." Sonic shrugged. "I was going to say that Shadow would probably kill you for going in his room, but that's a good-"
"SONIC!" A certain pink hedgehog yelled, Piko Piko hammer in hand.
"See you later, Knuxster!" And with that Sonic ran at the speed of sound to avoid Amy.
"Sonic, that's no fair!" She whined. "I can't run as fast as you!"
"Don't you think that's why he ran?" Knux asked. Amy just ignored him.
"Is Rouge alright?" Cream asked, appearing out of nowhere.
"I don't know, Cream…" Knuckles shook his head. "I really don't know…"
Meanwhile…Rouge cried. That was it! How I lost my memory. The Haiyumi case. God, why can't the Japanese have easier names to remember! But, what did he want with Mobius? God, this sucks! What was…he's the one who…Crap this isn't fair!
Suddenly, somewhere else in the house, the phone rang.
"Thorndike house." Tanaka answered.
"Tanaka!" Topaz, the voice on the other line responded.
"Uh…Hello Topaz." Tanaka responded, getting nervous (Kagome: Okay, we all know this couple sucks, but it's kinda obvious they like eachother.) "What brings you to call here."
"I need to talk with Rouge!" She exclaimed.
"I am very sorry, Topaz." Tanaka responded. "Rouge is going through…something…right now."
"It's an emergency!" There was deep worry in her voice.
"I understand." Tanaka said. "I'll see if Rouge is willing to talk."
"Ms. Rouge." Tanaka knocked on the door. "There is a phone call for you."
"I don't want to talk to anyone right now!" She yelled through the door. "Tell them to call back later!"
"It's Topaz. She says it's important."
Hmm…Rouge thought. Topaz may be able to give me enough info on the Hiraka guy…
"Hello…" Rouge answered.
"Rouge!" Topaz yelled. "You need to get out of there now!"
"Why what's going on?"
"You don't remember this, but on your most recent mission, there was some guy named 'Haruki'." Topaz started to explain. "Supposedly, you got away from him. He called the white house. He's after you Rouge. And no doubt he's going to check everywhere in Station Square."
"…What…?" Rouge gasped. "The freaky Japanese guy? I remembered him…just a little bit ago. He's the one who…took my memories."
"We'll worry about that after you're safe!" Topaz exclaimed. Now get out of there before he finds you!"
"Okay. I will." With that, Rouge rushed to her door. Upon opening it, she found Knuckles, Cream, and Shadow had been waiting for her.
"What was that about?" Knuckles asked. Rouge gave everyone this look.
"Really, thanks…" She said.
"Actually…" Shadow was leaning against the wall, arms folded. "I'm only out here because they wouldn't let me go into my room."
"Are you okay, Rouge?" Cream asked.
"I need to leave." Rouge said. "I don't think I'll be able to return anytime soon."
Kagome: Ooh, cliffie! I decided how I want to end it already, but most of you are going to hate me for it. It's just that I changed my mind on the ending, and forgot what I was originally planning, so I had to come up with something good quality in a short amount of time. Don't you hate it when that happens? And I can tell you that there will be a lot of KnuxRouge in the next chapter. You better have liked this one because it's the longest and it took me probably about four hours to type up! Oh, and don't expect it to end on a note like what it looks like right now…well, it depends on your opinion of how it will end. Sorry, the story is one chappie shorter than planed, but 'five chappies left' was really only an estimate of how many more. This one took five pages on word.